The Chinese Boxer

This article is about the film. For the social movement in Qing China, see Boxer movement. For the sport, see boxing in China.

The Chinese Boxer
Directed byJimmy Wang Yu
Written byJimmy Wang Yu
Produced byRunme Shaw
StarringJimmy Wang Yu
Lo Lieh
Ping Wang
CinematographyShan Hua
Edited byHsing-Lung Chiang
Music byFu-Ling Wang
Production
company
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese
Box office2.076 M. HK$[1]

The Chinese Boxer (龙虎斗; also known by its international title The Hammer of God) is a 1970 Hong Kong action kung fu film written, directed by and starring Jimmy Wang Yu.[2][3][4] Tong Gaai was the action director. The Chinese Boxer was a box office success at the time of its release and resulted in a switch of emphasis within the wuxia genre away from swordsmanship and towards unarmed combat.[5] It would prove influential to subsequent films like Fist of Fury.[6]

The film was followed by a 1977 sequel called Return of the Chinese Boxer.[7]

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  5. ^ Williams, Tony (2015). Cheung, Esther M.K.; Marchetti, Gina; C.M. Yau, Esther (eds.). A Companion to Hong Kong Cnema. Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-470-65928-1.
  6. ^ The Chinese Boxer (1970) review 2016-05-27, Cool Ass Cinema
  7. ^ Perry Seibert (2016). "Return of the Chinese Boxer". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.